Six core services, all run in-house from our Dorset workshop, from a single prototype to a full production batch. Whether it's a functional bracket for a boatyard on the Frome or a scale model of a Wareham landmark like Wareham's Saxon town walls, if it can be modelled, we can usually print it.
First mock-up to iteration to small batch. Next-day form-fit-function prototypes with DFM feedback before you pay for a failed print.
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1 to 1,000 units at consistent tolerance, a real alternative to injection moulding for runs under 1,000, with no tooling spend.
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No file, no problem. We model from a brief, sketch, calipers or the physical part itself in Fusion 360 or SolidWorks.
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Branded activations, exhibition pieces and launch giveaways, one hero piece or 400 matched units, delivered for your event date.
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Experiential builds and branded installations, 2m+ pieces engineered for structural integrity, with transport and on-site install.
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Discontinued or unavailable parts reverse-engineered and reproduced, measured, redrawn and reprinted from a single broken original.
Learn more →"James handled the 3D printing for a functional heat-resistant component we needed in batch production. He helped dial in the prototype first with their design service, then produced the final batch with really consistent results. Super fast 3D print turnaround and great quality across all the 3D printed parts. Will 100% be coming back."
"We needed a sit-in F1-car for an exhibition to showcase our new racing game. 3D Printing Express took our CAD, optimised it for strength and weight as we had no idea how it all worked! Turned out beautifully. They colour matched the finish and was looking like the real deal. On show day the cockpit ran non-stop, adults and kids jumped in."
"We ordered a batch of 100 PA-12 parts from 3D Printing Express and could not be happier. Every part arrived consistent, dimensionally accurate, and ready for use straight from the box. The PA-12 gave us the strength and stability we needed for functional testing, with minimal post-processing required."
"I needed parts 3D printed for mounting a 5G router to a pole. I used the online form to upload the STL files. James contacted me directly via email, helped optimise the geometry for printability and shipped fast. Brilliant communication."
"James was very helpful, discussed our project in detail. Supported us through the development. We had a few difficulties which were managed well. Would definitely use again and recommend."
Our workshop is at Broadstone Business Centre, Moor Road, Poole BH18 8AZ, about 25 minutes from Wareham via the A351. Most Wareham orders go out on a tracked courier; local collection is by arrangement.
Monday – Friday · 09:00–17:30
Collection by arrangement · email before 10am for same-day.
Wareham · ~25 min via A351
Stoborough · ~26 min
Wool · ~30 min
Corfe Castle · ~33 min
Swanage · ~40 min
Brief in. Quote in 6 hours. Print. Shipped UK-wide. Four steps from your file to a part on your bench.
Send the file
PDF, STEP, STL, sketch, or a photo of the part. Whatever you have, we will work with it.
Inside 6 hours
Reviewed by a real engineer. Pricing breakdown, lead time, and printability flags before you commit.
UK fleet, 3 days
multiple in-house FDM printers in our Dorset workshop. Hardened-steel nozzles on CF jobs. Photo proofs on request.
Next-day courier
Royal Mail Tracked or DPD Next Day, UK-wide · or collect from our Dorset workshop by arrangement.
Here's the whole process · idea to parts in your hands, in 4 simple steps. Send us a file, photo, sketch, or just a description of what you need, we'll work with whatever you've got. Quote back within 6 hours. Two-minute read, no jargon.
A snapshot of the colours and grades we run most often. We stock Polymaker and Fiberon filaments as standard, with engineering-grade composites on request. Wareham jobs typically run in PLA, PETG, PA12-CF or ASA.
Not sure which material is right for you? We can help.
Email us your use case →A snapshot of the kind of work we handle for Wareham, a boat-repair business on the Frome or Poole Harbour, an advanced-manufacturing or defence firm at Dorset Innovation Park, a local engineering workshop needing an obsolete part, or a heritage attraction after a display model.
Wareham sits at the tidal head of Poole Harbour, hemmed by the Frome and the Piddle, with boat repair on the water, the Purbeck heath on its doorstep and advanced manufacturing at Dorset Innovation Park just up the road. Parts made for that spread face moorings, mud and weather, conditions the consumer-grade PLA and PETG most shops run can't survive.
For Wareham's main sectors · marine and boat repair on the Frome, advanced manufacturing and defence at Dorset Innovation Park, local engineering and heritage/tourism · the usual picks are ASA for outdoor and mooring-side parts, PA12-CF for load-bearing brackets and equipment mounts, PETG-GF for stiff, stable components, and UL94 V-0 where a flame rating applies. Our filament comes from Polymaker and Fiberon.
When you send a brief, describe the application context · the environment, the load, the regulation if any. We'll suggest the right material in the quote and ship a test sample first so you can verify before the full batch runs.
UV and saltwater resistant · steady in the damp of the Frome and the harbour head · mooring fittings, quayside hardware and outdoor signage.
Carbon-fibre composite · ~95 MPa tensile. Load-bearing brackets, jigs and equipment mounts · the grade for Wareham marine repair and Dorset Innovation Park work.
Flame-retardant · self-extinguishing within 10s of flame removal. Regulated environments.
Wareham wears its history openly · one of only two Saxon walled towns left in England, with Alfred's ninth-century earthwork ramparts still ringing the old centre and T.E. Lawrence's effigy resting at St Martin's-on-the-Walls. That heritage-and-tourism character shapes the kind of work a Wareham business typically needs: museums, visitor attractions and the makers around the Purbeck Artisan Yard usually want display models, replica fittings and signage that has to look right under handling and daylight, so the sensible choice is a tougher, finishable grade rather than the brittle PLA a consumer shop reaches for. A small artisan or craft outfit here will often need short-run jig work too · the sort of thing it can't justify tooling for.
The heavier engineering demand in a town like Wareham comes from Dorset Innovation Park over near Wool, where aerospace, defence, marine and energy-tech firms cluster. Work of that kind is typically functional · fixtures, inspection jigs and prototype parts that need to hold tolerance, which is where PA12-CF and PETG-GF suit, with UL94 V-0 grades available when a flame spec is written in. Out on the heath, conservation and outdoor operators like RSPB Arne tend to need weatherproof field mounts and enclosures, and ASA handles the UV and damp. We're well set up for all of it from our Dorset workshop, roughly twenty-five minutes up the A351, shipped tracked or collected by arrangement.
Most Wareham orders are shipped or collected by arrangement · once your quote is approved and the part is made, it goes out UK-wide on DPD Next Day or Royal Mail Tracked. Email your file before noon and on simple geometries in stocked materials we can often dispatch within 24-48 hours. Collection from our Dorset workshop is by arrangement, we're about 25 minutes away up the A351.
| Tier | Cut-off | Lead time | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collection (Dorset) | 10am | Same-day / next morning | Broadstone workshop · by arrangement |
| Express | 12pm | 24-48 hrs | DPD Next Day · UK-wide |
| Standard most popular | Any time | 2-5 working days | Royal Mail Tracked or DPD |
| Economy | Any time | 5-10 working days | Royal Mail Tracked |
Lead times depend on complexity, material and queue · all tiers reviewed and confirmed in your 6-hour quote. Volume runs of 50+ units get a fast turnaround quote with batch pricing · email for bulk-pricing tiers.
A snapshot of jobs we've shipped for businesses across the south coast. Full case studies cover the brief, build, and outcome.
Five things in your brief mean a faster, more accurate quote and a printable file first time. None of these are dealbreakers if missing · we'll ask · but the more you tell us upfront, the quicker you'll have a sample part on your bench.
One sentence on use case · "it's a bracket holding a 200g PCB inside a sealed sensor enclosure" beats "I need a bracket" every time. Tells us load, environment, tolerance.
STEP and STL are easiest. Sketch, scan, or a photo of a broken part also work · we reverse-engineer in-house if no CAD exists.
1 prototype, 10 iteration units, 100-unit batch, 1,000-unit production run · changes the print strategy and the unit price. Bracket batches over 50 get batch pricing.
Event date, demo day, regulatory deadline. If you tell us, we'll quote the lead time honestly · we'd rather decline than miss a date.
If you know you want PA12-CF, tell us. If not, describe the use case and we'll recommend the right material in the quote.
Every quote we send comes back with the same structure · no upsells, no hidden fees, no algorithmic "best guess". An engineer reviews the file, prices the work and shares any flags before you commit.
Total filament used in grams + total print hours. PA12-CF runs slower than PLA but uses less infill for the same strength. We show both so you can see the trade-off.
Support removal, sand, paint, assemble · only what you've asked for. Each finish has a separate line. No "premium finishing" mystery surcharge.
DPD Next Day or Royal Mail Tracked · fixed price by parcel weight. Wareham orders usually go by tracked courier; workshop collection in Dorset is free by arrangement, about 25 minutes up the A351.
If the engineer spots a thin wall, a support-trap or a tolerance risk, we flag it in the quote · with a suggested fix. You decide whether to proceed or revise.
Batch runs of 50+ units automatically include a per-unit price breakdown so you can compare cost-at-scale before committing. No VAT to add, the price we quote is the price you pay.
Our Dorset workshopOur workshop is at Broadstone Business Centre, Poole BH18 8AZ, in Dorset, about 25 minutes from Wareham via the A351. We take on work right across Purbeck and Dorset: Wareham, Stoborough, Sandford, Wool, Corfe Castle, Bere Regis and Swanage, alongside our home patch around Poole.
Every order ships UK-wide on a tracked courier (Royal Mail Tracked or DPD Next Day) once it's made, and since Wareham is only about 25 minutes up the A351, collection from the Dorset workshop is easy to arrange too.
We take on work from right across Wareham, from Northport and Sandford to Stoborough, Stoborough Green, Worgret and out toward Holton Heath and Wareham St Martin, with the A351 linking the town straight to our Dorset workshop. From functional marine and engineering parts to heritage display pieces and prototypes, if a part lives near the water we'll usually steer you toward a UV- and saltwater-stable grade. We cover the rest of the south coast too, see the areas we serve.
Price is set by three things: material cost, print time, and any post-processing you need. A single small prototype in PLA costs substantially less than a 100-unit batch in PA12-CF. We give you an itemised breakdown in every quote, no black-box pricing.
PLA is the most cost-effective. PETG, ABS, and ASA sit in the mid range. Engineering composites like PA12-CF and PC cost more per gram but need less infill for equivalent strength, often comparable over the life of the part.
Small parts (under 100g) typically run 2–6 hours. Larger enclosures or batch runs scale proportionally. We run multiple in-house FDM printers so parallel printing keeps lead times short without premium surcharges.
Support removal and a basic finish are included. Sanding, painting, colour-matching, or assembly are priced separately. We'll list every finish step as a line item, you choose what you need.
Orders of 50+ units qualify for batch pricing, the unit price drops as we optimise print orientation and plate fills. Tell us your target quantity in the brief and we'll quote it alongside a 10-unit pilot option.
We quote every job individually, no online calculator gives accurate prices for engineering-grade FDM. Send your file and application context to get a line-itemised quote in 6 hours. No commitment to order.
Our workshop is at Broadstone Business Centre, Moor Road, Broadstone, Poole BH18 8AZ, in Dorset, about 25 minutes from Wareham via the A351. We also run a second workshop in Newbury, Berkshire. Every part is printed in-house, we don't outsource to third-party bureaus. James handles client briefs and design; Freddy runs production.
Quotes within 6 hours on business days. Typical production is 2-5 working days depending on complexity and material; once a part is made it ships to Wareham on a tracked courier (DPD or Royal Mail Tracked), or you can collect from the Broadstone workshop by arrangement. Urgent jobs with a fixed date: tell us on the brief and we'll confirm within 24 hours whether we can hit it.
We ship UK-wide. Across Purbeck and Dorset we serve Wareham, Stoborough, Sandford, Wool, Corfe Castle, Bere Regis and Swanage, alongside our home patch around Poole, Christchurch and Wimborne. For larger or recurring orders we can arrange a regular courier slot or a collection time.
Wareham sits at the head of Poole Harbour on the River Frome and is the gateway to the Isle of Purbeck, so much of the work we take on there is marine and engineering: brackets, fittings, jigs and weather-stable parts for boat repair and marine businesses. We also support advanced-manufacturing, aerospace and defence firms at Dorset Innovation Park near Wool (jigs, fixtures and prototype parts), local engineering and machine workshops needing obsolete replacement parts, and heritage and tourism attractions after display models, signage and replica parts.
Yes. Send a broken part in the post or drop one in if you're local, send a photo, send a sketch, or just describe the part. We do reverse engineering and CAD in-house · James will build the file and quote you. Especially useful for obsolete or discontinued parts where no digital file exists.
Both. Most Wareham orders ship UK-wide on a tracked courier, but since we're only about 25 minutes away in Dorset, collection from the Broadstone workshop is easy to arrange. For genuinely urgent jobs, send the brief before noon and we'll tell you honestly what's achievable.
